Sunday, May 22, 2011

Gay Activist Harvey Milk Day

Harvey Milk Day is May 22nd which would have beenMilk’s 81th birthday. In 1977 Milk became the first outgay elected official from a major U.S. city when he waselected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Hewon on a platform of civil rights but his tenure was cutshort when he was assassinated by former supervisor,Dan White, the following year. In 2009 he was awardedthe Medal of Freedom in by President Obama sayingthat Milk’s “message of hope, hope unashamed, hopeunafraid, could not ever be silenced.”Harvey Milk was a champion for seniors, for workingpeople & for those who didn't have a voice & hiscourageous work set the stage for many of the key civilrights advances we enjoy today.Listen to Gay Activist Cleve Jones talk about his friendHarvey Milk in this Exclusive Audio Byte:

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Governor Jerry Brown said...

Harvey Milk gave hope to millions of gays and lesbians across the country that a day would come when they could live their lives openly and honestly without fear of discrimination. Milk worked with others to secure passage of San Francisco’s landmark Gay Rights Ordinance which became a model for anti-discrimination legislation throughout California and the nation. He also campaigned “against Proposition 6” which would have required California school districts to fire openly gay and lesbian teachers solely because of their sexual orientation and the proposition was defeated.